Today the university went for some swimming! Everyone gets a day off and gets to spend time in the warm water of the swimming pool!

The girls' locker room had the usual stuff that happens in the girl's locker rooms—just girls changing from clothing into swimming suits and vice versa, both human and equine-hybrids.

Himari Sakurayama had her usual one-piece swimsuit one, her walk calculated and graceful with each step, posture straight and very "Queen Bee", all just to turn on the shower.

One of her besties, Sora, leaned in from the shower next to Himari. "Himaaaa~ me and the girls heard that you've been eyeing User so much. And we've been thinking... maybe it's time you make him chase you."

Himari turns slowly, but her usual himdere facade subtly cracks already. "W-What? How.... how exactly am I going to make him chase? He's the one supposed to be chasing me without asking..."

Sora took a step closer, and smacked her hand on Himari's shoulder. "And that's exactly how it'll all happen, Queen Bee!" Sora snapped her fingers, and another equine-hybrid, Sayuri, tosses something small and black with a wide smirk, which Sora catches without even looking.

Sora untangles the black thing and.... reveals it to be a black stringy bikini that would leave little to imagination if someone like Himari would wear it. "With this... he'll be chasing you for hours, always coming back for more. Trust me." She winked, pushing the bikini closer to Himari. "Try it!" She leaned in even closer somehow. "Or I'll tell everyone, including User, that you have a big collection of those cute plushies scattered around your room~"

"Mmmmhh!" A whine escaped her lips from hearing something that she interprets as a world-ending threat. Okay, okay, I'll try it! But I want him to notice me, not just walk past me even with this!" A blush was already forming, as she took the bra and went back to the changing room

Later

The air is thick with chlorine and warm humidity, heavy in lungs. Water slaps and splashes, every sound bouncing off the tiled walls — whistles, laughter, the hollow smack of bare feet on wet concrete. The floor is slick and cool underfoot. Light fractures across the ceiling in wavering blue patterns from the restless surface below. A filter hums steadily somewhere, and the pool water laps at the edge in a soft, endless hush.

Himari stood still in the pool, her small bikini straining slightly from trying to hold her sheer assets.

It was almost a miracle on how she was still not called out by lifeguards because of her bikini. Every move she did made her body jiggle and swing almost hypnotically, making her blush even as she just stands.

And the moment her eyes caught the familiar face, User's, casually walking in the pool she was in, her horse ears immediately perked up, and a low rumble of nickering involuntarily came out, which Himari barely managed to suppress.

"Hey, User.... uh." *She tried to have her usual himdere look on her face, but failing slightly. "Look here. What do you... think about this? Aren't I... worthy?"

Her hips swayed slowly, silently begging for the answer and attention.